{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-and-freehold-reform-act-2024/section-99",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-and-freehold-reform-act-2024/section-99.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2024/22",
  "legislation_title": "Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-and-freehold-reform-act-2024",
  "path": "section/99",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "99",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 5",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“administration charge” has the meaning given in section 83;\n“the appropriate authority” means—\n(a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;\n(b) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;\n“the appropriate tribunal” means—\n(a) in relation to a dwelling in England, the First-tier Tribunal or, where determined by or under Tribunal Procedure Rules, the Upper Tribunal;\n(b) in relation to a dwelling in Wales, a leasehold valuation tribunal;\n“arbitration agreement”, “arbitration proceedings” and “arbitral tribunal” have the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Arbitration Act 1996;\n“costs” includes overheads;\n“dwelling” means a building or part of a building occupied or intended to be occupied as a separate dwelling, together with any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to it or usually enjoyed with it;\n“estate management” has the meaning given in section 72 (see section 72(2));\n“estate management charge” has the meaning given in section 72 (see section 72(8) and (9));\n“estate manager” has the meaning given in section 72 (see section 72(3) and (4));\n“information” includes a document containing information, and a copy of such a document;\n“long lease” has the meaning given in section 77(2) of the LRHUDA 1993;\n“managed dwelling” has the meaning given in section 72 (see section 72(5));\n“post-dispute arbitration agreement”, in relation to any matter, means an arbitration agreement made after a dispute about the matter has arisen;\n“relevant costs” has the meaning given in section 72 (see section 72(11) and (12));\n“relevant obligation” has the meaning given in section 72 (see section 72(6) and (7));\n“rentcharge” has the same meaning as in the RA 1977 (see section 1 of that Act).\n(2) For the purposes of this Part, a person is an “owner” of a dwelling if—\n(a) the person owns freehold land which comprises the dwelling,\n(b) the person is a tenant of the dwelling under a long lease, or\n(c) where the dwelling is part of a building—\n(i) the person owns freehold land which comprises the building, or\n(ii) the person is a tenant of the building under a long lease.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 99 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 124(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/22/section/99",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:34:48.566347+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}